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Moore Family, World War I Letters and Other Material, 1897/1952, bulk 1918/1919

0.7 Linear Feet 7 1/2 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.)
Chiefly the World War I letters of brothers Arch C. Moore and John Cecil Moore and relative Virgil E. Moore, all from Diamond, Kanawha County, West Virginia, who served in the American Expeditionary Force in 1918 and 1919. The Moores wrote to both their mother, Armilda Moore, and their sister, Nora Moore, during their military service. Primary topics for all of the correspondents include the weather; their health; sending and receiving letters from home; girls; and family news. Collection also includes three additional World War I letters written to Nora Moore; two 1939 letters written to Nora Moore from an English pen pal; approximately twenty undated and unidentified military and family photographs, probably from World War I; picture post cards from World War I and World War II; a World War II ration book and savings stamp booklet; and other miscellaneous Moore family items.
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Moore Family, World War I Letters and Other Material, 1897/1952, bulk 1918/1919 0.7 Linear Feet 7 1/2 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.)

Moore family
Chiefly the World War I letters of brothers Arch C. Moore and John Cecil Moore and relative Virgil E. Moore, all from Diamond, Kanawha County, West Virginia, who served in the American Expeditionary Force in 1918 and 1919. The Moores wrote to both their mother, Armilda Moore, and their sister, Nora Moore, during their military service. Primary topics for all of the correspondents include the weather; their health; sending and receiving letters from home; girls; and family news. Collection also includes three additional World War I letters written to Nora Moore; two 1939 letters written to Nora Moore from an English pen pal; approximately twenty undated and unidentified military and family photographs, probably from World War I; picture post cards from World War I and World War II; a World War II ration book and savings stamp booklet; and other miscellaneous Moore family items.

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